The Brian Walshe murder case was back in court Wednesday with the accused murderer’s defense continuing to fight for internal affairs and other records related to the disgraced lead investigator Michael Proctor and more state police they say will show “bias” against their client.

“I think we should be entitled to his internal affairs report given the close proximity and the ongoing investigation that shows that Proctor, as well as some of his supervisors and perhaps some of his other colleagues, were under investigation at the time they were targeting, or eventually targeted. Mr. Walshe,” said defense attorney Larry Tipton.

Walshe, 49, of Cohasset, is accused of murdering his wife Ana Walshe, dismembering her body on New Years 2023 and hiding it in dumpsters around Greater Boston. Judge Diana Freniere set Walshe’s trial to begin in late October 2025 at a December hearing.

The hearing Wednesday took place in Middlesex Superior Court, though the case is based in Norfolk Superior Court.

The hearing focused around the defense’s request for records related to misconduct by Proctor and other Massachusetts State Police investigators in the high-profile Karen Read case. Offensive texts from Proctor — calling Read a “whack job” and “babe,” referring to seeking “nudes” while searching her phone, and writing “hopefully she kills herself” — and a federal investigation into the State Police’s case came to light during the investigation and trial.

Proctor is set to face State Police Trial Board to determine disciplinary action following a internal affairs investigation into his conduct during the Read case. The State Police Trooper was relieved of duty and suspended without pay shortly after the Read trial.

The prosecution in the Walshe case said Wednesday they do not anticipate calling Proctor, as well as two other officers involved in both case Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik and Lt. Brian Tully, as a witness during the trial.

“The point is that the defendant, has a right to show that the investigation has flaws in it,” said Tipton, arguing the Commonwealth is not calling Proctor not because of his work on the case, but because of his damaged reputation related to “professional misconduct.”

The defense said they believe the internal affairs records will show “evidence of bias” in how the officers handled the Walshe case, like how they handled the Read case.

The judge pushed the defense to demonstrate more evidence that the records will be pertinent to the Walshe case, granting the defense more time to do so.

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“It seems to me what you’re saying is that, by virtue of the misconduct that’s been publicly reported or you received in discovery on the Reed case, that alone stands as a basis for the MSP targeting every defendant,” Freniere questioned the defense. “What is it about this fellow? What information do you have in this case that is any indicia that there was such a bias?”

The case returns to court on Feb. 14 to continue arguments related to the police records, as well as DNA evidence.